About The Event
Shri Ram a spectacular dance drama, encapsulates in two and a half hours the significant scenes of Ram. It unveils the iconic character of Ram-from his birth to his coronation. Seamlessly stitching together dance and music, the presentation is an extirpating experience that has gone from strength to strength for over six decades and four generations. Almost all Prime Ministers and Presidents have witnessed the rich tapestry of the show.
Shri Ram is not just an entertaining dance drama, but it imbibes an excellent assortment of emotions, devotion, loyalty, moral values, beliefs, endearing relationships and teachings put together to bring out a bigger picture pertinent to the modern era. The show improves with every consecutive year; yet upgrading production values as costumes, music, sets and lighting. ‘RAM’ was the first show to be televised in Doordarshan in 1967.
The setting and age from Satyug to Kalyug have changed considerably, but the challenges and struggles still exist; their circumstances, however different, their essence and nature are still the same, disturbing one’s soul. Thus, in order to resonate with the minds of one and all, Shri Ram employs simple dialects, language, and scenarios. Through the caricature of minute nuances of Lord Ram’s life, His obedience towards His father, Sita’s love in the face of adversity and Hanuman’s darning efforts in bringing the Sanjeevani Booti, the show emphasises on human values, brotherhood, unconditional love and respect for elders which are evergreen emotions that never lose their relevance ever.
The two-hour-long production involves dance styles ranging from Bharatanatyam and Kalariyapattu to Mayurbhanj Chau and folk dances of North India, with rhythmic music based on Hindustani classical ragas. Shri Ram has evolved over the past six decades and with every year there is something new to it without changing the very essence and the reverence that the show commands, the latest is the iconic episodes of Bharat Milap and Sita’s Agnipariksha which have been beautifully designed to please the senses.
The presentation is an exhilarating experience that has only improvised upon itself over the past four generations.
